Editor’s Note: The State of Online Courses is now The State of Online Learning. Read the 2018 report here. How are online entrepreneurs faring with online courses? As we’ve seen from our survey, the vast majority of them are interested in online courses. In fact, half have acted on that interest. But among those who have created and put out online courses, only a minority achieve their goals in terms of enrollment and income. Below …

Editor’s Note: The State of Online Courses is now The State of Online Learning. Read the 2018 report here. Is it just me or did online courses just become hot? In the last two months alone, I’ve seen three internet marketers launch training programs on how to create and sell online courses (I’m sure there were more who weren’t in my radar). And we’ve discovered that there are a gazillion online course platforms, learning …

The world has been reeling after the outcome of the US elections in November 2016. Even online entrepreneurs have seen the effects: post-election product launch results have ranged “from disappointing to disastrous.” Yet Danny Iny, CEO and founder of Mirasee, is optimistic that things are getting better. Why is that? In today’s episode, he talks about the changes he’s seeing in the world of online business, and how entrepreneurs can ride on these trends—including those …

Need help with event marketing to fill your event fast? Have no fear, the social superheroes are here! When it comes to event marketing and planning, social media networks like Facebook and Twitter have become superheroes to event managers. Use them not only to organize and market events, but also forge strong relationships with thousands of other professionals, speakers, and potential attendees. They may be just what you need to take your event marketing to …

Next time you want to improve the opening of your blog post, try this: Click and drag your cursor to highlight the first sentences you’ve written—right until the point you actually get into what the post is about. And now hit “delete.” If you’re like most writers, you hem and haw, take a convoluted route, and give all manner of background story before getting to the meat of the post. Now that you’ve gotten rid …

Nobody tells you this, but you’ll probably quit blogging. After the honeymoon period, when the excitement of a new blog wanes and the headiness of authorship dissipates, it hits. Blogging is a lot of work! Once you start, you have to keep going. If you want the traffic to continue flowing, you have to keep feeding the machine with posts. And not just any post you quickly crank out of your keyboard. No, the blog …

Can you relate? “The launch officially starts tomorrow and the sales letter is still just an outline.” “Launch day! We pushed a code update that broke some stuff, so we had to scramble to fix it. There’s still a ton of work to be done, but I’m finding it hard to concentrate because I keep jumping over to check stats.” “[Day 5] There are still a few tech issues that are really frustrating me. There’s …

Is your website traffic going downhill? Are you desperate to halt the sharp drop in your site’s unique visitors? Stop your subscribers from deleting your emails before they click through? Or maybe just get more visitors to actually read your posts, instead of clicking away after a few seconds? You’re not alone. Even the experts are getting fewer comments, views, opt-ins, and shares. Leading so many to conclude that content marketing is fat (over-saturated), sick …

Editor’s Note: The State of Online Courses is now The State of Online Learning. Read the 2018 report here. Imagine this. You’re no longer trading hours for dollars. You’ve done the work once, and now you teach eager learners over and over again. Without ever leaving your house, stepping into a classroom, or going onstage, you’re impacting people as far away as India.